cachorro
/kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [kaˈʃo.hu]
The verdict
“cachorro” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,308 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,308
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de quem está numa classe ou situação social muito baixa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachorro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [kaˈʃo.hu] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cachorro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cachorro is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [kaˈʃo.hu]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,308 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachorro, with forms such as "acchorro", "cacchorro", and "cachhorro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cachorro, spelled C-A-C-H-O-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se de quem está numa classe ou situação social muito baixa
- 2indigno e de mau caráter
- 3bastante intenso
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acchorro,cacchorro,cachhorro,cachoro,cachoror,cachroro,cacohrro,cahcorro,ccachorro,ccahorro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachorro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cachorro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-C-H-O-R-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [kaˈʃo.hu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.